A review by pantsreadsbooks
Joy to the Earl by Nicola Davidson

lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

I get the sort of modernization of some histroms, but there were just too many inaccuracies and outright stretches in this one for me to deal with. From the FMC being a sex therapist, to the MMC’s unlikely virginity (he limps! And he’s tall and has heterochromia, so therefore he’s a monster to women??) that played into things not at all as he was instantly a dirty-talking sex god, to the ACTUAL SEX POLLEN twist (where everyone in the house leaves the precocious 4yo to her own devices while they bang?), none of it was believable. The smut was fun and I liked the relationship between the MMC and the daughter (who had a limp also), but the plot conflict and resolution came out of nowhere both times, turning the story on a dime. Also only just Christmas-y enough to rate the title, not an overtly holiday read.